Neal and Norma Jean Lovlace, two Centerville grandparents trying to get permission to have visitation with a grandchild that was adopted, took their case to the Tennessee Supreme Court.

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Grandparents in Tennessee will be able to see their grandchildren more easily because of a ruling Friday by the Tennessee Supreme Court.

The unanimous ruling clarified the standard that grandparents must meet when they want to modify details of court-approved visits with grandchildren. The ruling especially affects cases in which grandparents seek to maintain relationships after parents divorce or adopt.

Grandparents will have to show that altering a visitation plan would be in the child's "best interest" - a lower standard than they had to meet in the past. Previously, grandparents ...